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Alta Williams was found not guilty by a federal jury Tuesday on charges connected to the robbery of a confidential informant for the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Williams had faced federal charges of conspiracy, robbery and brandishing a firearm during an act of violence.

The jury began deliberating the case at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, and reached a not-guilty verdict roughly 90 minutes later.

“I think justice was done today,” said Don Bethel, a federal defender who is representing Williams along with Stephen Ganter.

Clark Morris, first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama and public information officer, said her office had to respect the jury’s verdict.

In July 2015, Williams allegedly brokered a drug deal between his co-defendant, Antonio Richards, and Robert Russaw, who was acting as a confidential informant for the DEA, according to testimony.

Prosecuting and defense attorneys said that instead of making the trade, Richards got out of his car and approached Russaw, who was sitting in Williams' passenger seat. Richards returned to his car, then came back to Williams' car, pointed a pistol at Russaw, and took his money.

Where attorneys disagreed was whether Williams was in on the robbery.

"This case is about good, old-fashioned greed," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Verne Speirs, who prosecuted the case with Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Ross.

Ross told the jury on Monday that Richards had previously testified to law enforcement that Williams had invited Richards to "hit a lick," which he explained meant to commit a robbery.

Russaw, who is said to be Williams’ cousin, testified on Tuesday that he thought Williams was in on the robbery.

“I feel like because he’s known me since we were kids, (Williams) didn’t want to do the robbery with his own hands,” Russaw testified. “He wanted to use a puppet.”

Williams’ counsel, however, argued that Williams had no idea that Richards was going to rob Russaw.

“This (case) is nothing more than a drug deal gone bad,” said Bethel.

Bethel argued that Richards lied when he gave his testimony to law enforcement about Williams’ role in the incident.

Ganter bolstered this during his closing arguments, saying that Richards turned himself in the day after the robbery because he had no other options.

“Where was (Richards) going to go?” Ganter asked the jury in front of U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza, the presiding judge who is visiting from the Middle District of Florida. “He had one card to play, and that was to implicate Williams. And that’s what he’s done.”